Civil War-era belt buckle from Point of Pines Plantation
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Point of Pines Plantation, American
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 3 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5.7 × 8.4 × 3.2 cm)
- Description
- A metal Union belt buckle. The metal buckle is oval shaped with the raised lettering on the front that reads [US]. There are three hooks on the back. Any backmarks that may have existed were worn away by the elements.
- Place collected
- Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Communities
- Emancipation
- Freedom
- Military
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Burnet Rhett Maybank, III
- Object number
- 2015.92.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.